Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

The bodies of 13 security guards were discovered at La Poderosa gold mine in Peru, following a kidnapping incident by alleged ...

Thirteen security guards kidnapped from one of Peru’s largest gold mines ... illegal miners launched a coordinated attack on the Poderosa mine, using explosives that resulted in the deaths ...

Peru's Interior Ministry says that the bodies of 13 of its security guards kidnapped from a gold mine just over a week ago have been found.

Much of Peru is awash in a wave of crime that prompted the government to declare a state of emergency last month​.

It did not give further details about the attack or its perpetrators. La Poderosa, a private firm based in Peru’s capital of Lima, said that criminal groups fighting for control of the mine in ...

The mayor of Pataz province in northern Peru, Aldo Carlos Mariño, stated on Tuesday that President Dina Boluarte privately promised a full investigation into the killing of 13 mine workers but ...

LIMA, Peru — The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, the mining company said, their deaths coming as violence escalates ...

It did not give further details about the attack or its perpetrators ... said that criminal groups fighting for control of the mine in Peru's remote northwestern city of Pataz have killed 39 ...

Thirteen killed in Peru mine kidnapping amid rising violence While ... “Reinfo is used as a shield by illegal miners who now attack not only artisanal, small and medium-sized miners, but also ...

Peru is one of the world's leaders in gold and copper mining ... In March of this year, criminals working with illegal miners ...

The attackers raided the mine, “violently confronting internal security personnel from the company", Peru's interior ministry ... weapons seized following that attack. La Poderosa drafted ...